con·fig·u·ra·tion /kənˌfɪgjəˈreʃən, ˌkɑn, gəˈ/
 配置結構,表面配置,形態


 con·fig·u·ra·tion /kənˌfɪg(j)əˈreʃən, ˌkɑn-/ 名詞
 構型,配位


 configuration
 設定; 架構; 配置; 組態


 configuration
 組態 配置


 Con·fig·u·ra·tion n.
 1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing; shape; figure.
    It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels.   --Harris.
 2. Astrol. Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
    They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth.   --Whewell.

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 configuration
      n 1: an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on
           the configuration of influences at the time" [syn: constellation]
      2: any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline);
         "he could barely make out their shapes through the smoke"
         [syn: shape, form, contour, conformation]